Well, it’s wintertime again and I barely got finished putting away all the Christmas tree ornaments on the tree when Albert (my cat) got rambunctious and wanted to play with them. Oh, and then he wanted a fancy dinner so, of course, I gave him a fancy feast. Then,...
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Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott – Lightning Strikes
Some folks love a rainy night. Me, I like a rainy night with a thunderstorm. Well, we had a humdinger the other day few weeks ago, what with the bolt that struck the bell in the belltower here at the stately Motley Manor. And it’s a good thing there were no bats in...
Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott: A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
As if we didn’t have enough to worry about already – war, pestilence, plague, drought and Ice agents waiting in the wings – a consortium of 100 scientists recently announced that California is overdue for what’s being called a “super-storm” of biblical proportions....
Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott: Ripple
So sad to see a man like Bob Weir cross over to the other side… he will be greatly missed by his family and all of his admirers. It was nice to see Bobby honored during the Grammy Award show on Sunday, Feb. 1, when the event celebrated diverse musical achievements,...
Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott: The River
Well, January has come and gone… Good riddance, too much precipitation, if you ask me, which you probably didn’t. A few years ago (2023), we had “Snowmageddon” and I got a T-shirt that said, “I survived Snowmageddon.” I feel like I deserve a new T-shirt that says, “I...
Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott: I Love a Rainy Night
Some folks never tire of complaining about the rain. They complain when there’s not enough, and they complain again when we finally get some and they want it to stop. I call them “Complainers.” Yes, we’ve had more than our fair share of precipitation in the last few...




